Improved aiimal-tbap



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-IMPROVED ANIMAL-TRAP'.

TO ALL WHOM I T MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, WILMER W. LEECHV, of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and 'useful Improvement in Animal-Traps; and'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this invention, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view-of myimproved trap, and

Figure 2 is a,sectional view of the devices by which the trapje set and sprung.

Like letters of referenceindicate like parts in each. y i

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement and combination of a curved, bent, or hoop-shaped wire or wires, with ends coiled around a cylindrical bar, and rigidly attached to a fixed support', in' connection with tripping-devices and bait. I

` To enable-others skilled in the art to make and-msc my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and mode of operation. l

The frame consists of the floor a and upright,l Zz. The two are further connected by braces c, in which are inserted the ends of. the cylindrical bar d. Around this bar d are coiled the ends of the 'curved trap-wres ce', the extreme ends, however, being inserted'in or otherwise secured to some part of the frame a b. These trapwires may be single, as at e, or. double, as, at ef, or the main wire may have several brahches,'if so pi'eferred; the size and number being regulated-by the size and variety of the animals to be caught. 'lhe coils are made in such way that the elasticity of the wire Will bring the curved or bent part down with considerable force on to the Hoor a.

To set the trap, I use the devices shown in ng. 2: The trap-wires, e or e', are raised.and passed o'ver the hooks h, which are on the end' of the bent ,lcver g, passing -through a slot, g', in the uprightpb, and pivotcd therein. The lower andA rear end ofthe bent lever lgis passed through a hole in the tripper z', which is brought to a horizontal position for that purpose. This trlipper is pivoted in a slot, Z, in the upright, Z2, and has a lip, o, at its forward end which catches'on th'e lip o ofthe bait-'pan m, which is pivoted in the same slot.

The bait is placed on the bait-pan m, and the trap is set. The upright, b, prevents the trap from being approached, except from Lthe front. When the animal seizes thebait, or otherwiseddepresses the bait-panm, the rear end of. the tripper z'is lowered, the bent lever g is released, the hooks L swing forward and downward, and the trap-wires e e fallinstantly upon the animal, and hold it tightly to the iloor a.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The lcurved or bent and coiled wires e e', one or more, single or double, in combination with tire baiting and tripping-devices, constructed and arranged substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, I, the said WILMER W. LEEGH, have hereunto set my hand.

W. W. LEECH.

Witnesses:

A. S. NICHOLSON, Gr.1H. CHRISTY. 

